Naga rebels kill six in Bangladesh camp, held at Tripura border

August 20th, 2009 AGARTALA - Security forces in Tripura recovered cache of arms and ammunition from a tribal hamlet close to the state's border with Bangladesh. Acting on a tip off by a surrendered militant, a joint operation was launched by state police along with paramilitary forces.

August 19th, 2009 AGARTALA - Security forces seized a huge cache of weapons, including some Russia-made AK rifles, from a village along the India-Bangladesh border, officials said here Wednesday. "In a joint operation, the Tripura police and Border Security Force led by BSF Deputy Inspector General A.K.

August 13th, 2009 AGARTALA - Bangladesh will export 400 million bricks to Tripura, with the first consignment reaching the bordering state Aug 20, officials said here Thursday. "To boost the brick trade, the Indian government has removed the 2.5 percent central custom duty from this month while the Tripura government reduced the value-added tax (VAT) to 4 percent from 12.5 percent," said Tripura Commerce and Industry Minister Jitendra Chowdhury.

July 31st, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI) President ML Debnath has said that Bangladesh wanted a corridor through West Bengal to revive bilateral trade with Nepal and Bhutan. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Debnath said, "Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told him during his visit to Dhaka that her government wanted a corridor through Bhurimari and Banglabandh land ports in West Bengal to revive bilateral trade with Nepal and Bhutan.

July 18th, 2009 AGARTALA/IMPHAL - Tripura police Saturday arrested seven militants, including a woman, of an outlawed Manipuri separatist group, officials here said. "The seven guerrillas of People's United Liberation Front (PULF) including their self-styled army chief Mohammad Abdur Rahaman, 25, were detained from a motor stand in Agartala with some Bangladeshi mobile SIM cards and incriminating documents," said Director General of Police Pranay Sahaya.

June 24th, 2009 AGARTALA - Bangladeshi police have detained six Indians, including two women, after they accidentally crossed the border along southern Tripura while grazing their cattle, an official said here Wednesday. A group of Bangladeshi civilians detained the six Indians late Tuesday when their cattle went across the border along Tripura's southern border town Sabroom, 135 km south of state capital Agartala.

April 23rd, 2009 AGARTALA - The gates on the barbed wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura would remain open till the balloting ends to enable all voters to exercise their franchise, an official said here Thursday. 'We have asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to open the gates on the border fence for the whole day to facilitate the voters to exercise their franchise,' said Dilip Acherjee, additional chief electoral officer.

April 2nd, 2009 AGARTALA - A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and a civilian were injured in a bomb explosion near the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura Thursday, police here said. The police blamed separatist National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) for the explosion in Bhandarima, 185 km north of the Tripura capital, Agartala.

March 29th, 2009 AGARTALA - Indian and Bangladeshi frontiers guards have resumed joint patrolling along the border after a brief suspension of the combined vigil following a mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers in Dhaka last month, officials said here Sunday. 'The joint patrolling resumed last week following talks between the two sides,' A.K.

February 27th, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday expressed concern over the bloody mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) while Indian border guards strengthened security along the 4,095-km long border with that country. 'Such revolt by paramilitary troopers in a neighbouring country is a cause of concern.

February 14th, 2009 AGARTALA - More than 100 tribal separatists have surrendered before the authorities in Tripura after fleeing from their bases in adjoining Bangladesh, officials said here Sunday. 'The Bangladesh-trained militants, numbering 118 and led by their leader Pabanjoy Reang, surrendered before senior police and paramilitary officers late Saturday night,' police spokesman Nepal Das said.

January 18th, 2009 AGARTALA - At least two civilians were killed and five other people, including a para-military trooper, were injured when Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire after a clash with a mob in Tripura Monday, the police said. The violence erupted at Boxanagar village, 60 km west of Tripura capital Agartala, when BSF troopers went to the village bordering Bangladesh to catch 'ganja' (hemp) smugglers.

January 10th, 2009 AGARTALA - Twenty four tribal separatists have surrendered in Tripura after fleeing from their bases in adjoining Bangladesh, officials said here Sunday. The Bangladesh-trained militants led by their leaders Golsingh Reang and Rai Bahadur Reang surrendered before senior Assam Rifles and police officers late Saturday.

January 4th, 2009 AGARTALA - Four top tribal separatist leaders, who surrendered before authorities in Tripura, revealed they were trained by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh, officials said Monday. A police spokesman said the four militants, two of them women, of the outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), surrendered before the police late Sunday.

December 26th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified its vigil along the border with Bangladesh that goes to polls Dec 29, an official said here Saturday. 'We have deployed additional BSF troopers all along the border with Bangladesh and asked the forces to maintain their strict vigil specially in the porous and riverine sections of the border,' a senior BSF official told IANS.